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First Line: Seven points hath the christmas star
Last Line: Yet they shine as one, and the star is white.
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


Seven points hath the Christmas star:
One is the love that shines afar
From God to man; and one is the love
That leaps from the world to the Lord above;
And one is good will on the happy earth;
And one is purity, one is peace,
And two are the joys that never cease, --
God's joy,
Man's joy, --
Aflame in the star of the wonderful Birth.

And the light of God's love is a golden light,
And man's love to man is crimson bright,
And man's love to God is an azure ray, --
Alas, when it flickers and dies away!
And the seven rays through the worshipping night,
Like the flash of all jewels, exult and play, --
God's joy,
Man's joy, --
Yet they shine as one, and the star is white.





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